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মহাকাশ গবেষণা কেন্দ্র 'নাসা' থেকে ডাক পেলো মেয়েটি। নাম সোনিথা উইলিয়ামস। সোনিথাদের বাসা নিউইয়র্ক শহরে। নাসা থেকে ডাক পাওয়ার পর সে নিয়মিত অফিস করতে লাগলো। তার কর্ম দক্ষতায় সবাই মুগ্ধ। তার কাজে গতি আছে। যে কাজেই তার হাত লাগছে, সে কাজেই উত্তরোত্তর সফলতা আসছে। তার প্রতি সবাই খুশি। বিনিময়ে কদিন পরপরই তার প্রমোশন হচ্ছে।
নাসা থেকে কিছুদিন পরপর কোনো একটা নভোচারী দল মহাকাশ পর্যবেক্ষণে যায়। আগামী সপ্তাহে একটি পর্যবেক্ষক টিম মহাকাশে যাবে। যাত্রার যাবতীয় প্রস্তুতি শেষ। এখন শুধু দিনক্ষণ আসার পালা। ওই টিমের ক্যাপ্টেন নির্ধারণ করা হয়েছে সোনিথা উইলিয়ামসকে। তার সাথে আরও চারজন বিজ্ঞানী মহাকাশ পর্যবেক্ষণে যাবে।
নির্ধারিত দিন। পাঁচজন বিজ্ঞানী মহাকাশ যানে চড়লেন। সোনিথা উইলিয়ামস ক্যাপ্টেন। তার চার সঙ্গী হলেন- উইলিয়াম ব্যরন, জন মূর, ড্যাভিড কানজানী এবং ডব্লিউ সিনাম। পরিচালক ও তার সঙ্গীদের উদ্দেশে সোনিথা এবং অন্য চারজন হাত নাড়লেন। মহাকাশ যানের ইঞ্জিন চালু হলো। আকাশে ভেসে চললো পাঁচ সদস্যের নভোচারী টিম।
হাজার হাজার মাইল বেগে ছুটে চলেছে মহাকাশ যান। ভেতরে পাঁচটি প্রাণী উন্মুখ হয়ে তাকিয়ে আছে আকাশের দিকে। দেখতে দেখতে তারা পৃথিবী থেকে অনেক অনেক দূরে চলে এসেছে। তারা নিজেদের অবস্থান ঠিক করলো। ক্যামেরা, টেলিস্কোপ এবং যাবতীয় যন্ত্রপাতি পৃথিবীর দিকে তাক করলো।
'আশ্চর্য! এ কী দেখছি আমরা!' - একজন বললো। সমস্ত পৃথিবী অন্ধকার কেনো? চোখে যন্ত্রপাতি লাগিয়ে সোনিথা উইলিয়ামস দেখলো- সারা পৃথিবী অন্ধকারাচ্ছন্ন হয়ে আছে। শুধুমাত্র দুটি জায়গায় ছোট তারার মতো মিটিমিটি করে পাশাপাশি দুটি আলো জ্বলছে। আশ্চর্য!
তারা পৃথিবীর দিকে আরও সরে এলো। ওই দুটি আলো তাদের কাছে আরো স্পষ্ট হলো। তাদের সমস্ত রিপোর্ট স্যাটেলাইটের মাধ্যমে সাথে সাথেই নাসার সদর দপ্তরে চলে যাচ্ছিলো। বিষয়টি তারা পর্যবেক্ষণ করলো। চিন্তা-ভাবনা ও তথ্য-তালাশ করে নিশ্চিত হলো যে, ওই দুটি স্থান হলো- মসজিদে হারাম ও মসজিদে নববী!
সোনিথা উইলিয়ামসের হার্টবিট বেড়ে গেলো। কী আশ্চর্য! সারা পৃথিবী অন্ধকার কেনো? আর ওই দুটি জায়গায়ই বা আলো জ্বলছে কেনো? ওই আলোর উৎস কী? প্রশ্নের পর প্রশ্ন এসে তার মাথা খারাপ করে দিচ্ছিলো। সে বুঝতে পারলো- এই কাণ্ডটি ঘটেছে শুধুমাত্র ধর্মের কল্যাণেই। কাজেই ওই ধর্ম অবশ্যই সঠিক এবং ঈশ্বর কর্তৃক মনোনিত, যা উক্ত দুই স্থানে রয়েছে। সে প্রতিজ্ঞা করলো- যদি জীবিত অবস্থায় পৃথিবীর বুকে ফিরে যেতে পারি, তাহলে ওই ধর্ম গ্রহণ করে নেবো, যা রয়েছে মক্কা মদীনায়।
তাদের মিশন সফল হলো। আমেরিকায় ফিরে আসলো তারা। দেশে আসার পর সোনিথা উইলিয়ামসের মনে সেই প্রতিজ্ঞার কথা ভেসে উঠতে লাগলো। সে চিন্তা ভাবনা শুরু করলো। শেষপর্যন্ত বিবেকের কাছে খৃস্টবাদ পরাজিত হলো। জয় হলো ইসলামের।
ইসলাম গ্রহণ করলেন সোনিথা উইলিয়ামস।
বিষয়: বিবিধ
১২৯৬ বার পঠিত, ৬ টি মন্তব্য
পাঠকের মন্তব্য:
woman who went on a space
journey few months back)
accepted “ISLAM” Masha
Allah, bcoz when they were
on the moon, they saw
towards EARTH, the entire
EARTH looked dark, but 2
places on the EARTH
GLITERED & looked like
SPARKS (Roshni). They were
shocked to see that and saw
them with the help of
telescope and came to know
that those two places were
“MAKKAH” and
“MADINAH” Masha Allah !.
Then they decided that after
reaching to earth they’ll
accept “ISLAM”. So be proud
u’r a muslim. Allah Hafiz…!
[3]
Sunita Williams, the 1st
indian lady who went to the
moon on 02/07/2007 said
that from the moon, the
whole earth looked very
black and dark, except the
two places which were
bright and shining when she
saw through the telescope.
These places were MAKKAH
& MADINA (Saudi Arabia).
Also, at the moon all the
frequencies failed but still
she could listen to the
AZAAN..s'allah [4]
Encouragin news for
Muslims....Sunita Williams
the woman who went in
space has converted to
Islam because when they
were in space the entire
Earth appeared dark but
only two places on Earth
appeared like sparks. With
telescopic view they
identified the two places as
MAKKAH and MADINAH and
resolved to accept Islam
upon reaching the Earth.
Alhamdulillah the almighty
brought them back safely, so
subhanallah, be proud to be
a Muslim.[5] "
মিথ্যা হলো কিভাবে, বুঝলাম না! একটু বুঝিয়ে বলবেন?
Thus, there is no evidence whatsoever to back up the claim that Sunita Williams, or any of the other unspecified individuals, ever witnessed a miracle in space/on the moon, nor did they ever agree to convert to Islam upon their return to earth.
দয়া করে একটু বাংলায় বলবেন?
দয়া করে একটু বাংলায় বলবেন?
Sunita Williams (Conversion to Islam)
From WikiIslam, the online resource on Islam
Sunita-williams-fake-conversion.jpg
Sunita Williams (born September 19, 1965) is a United States Naval officer and a NASA astronaut. She was assigned to the International Space Station as a member of Expedition 14 and then joined Expedition 15. She holds the record of the longest spaceflight (195 days) for female space travelers.
Her father, Dr. Deepak Pandya, is a Hindu and her mother, Bonnie Pandya, is a Christian. Williams has an affinity for both faiths[1] and is known to be a Ganesh devotee.[2]
Contents [hide]
1 Claim
2 Analysis
2.1 Written Claims
2.2 Miracle Images
3 Conclusion
4 See Also
5 References
Claim[edit]
It has been claimed on various websites, blogs, forums, and in chain e-mails/mass SMS texts, that Sunita Williams had converted from Hinduism to Islam on her return from the moon.
Here are a few examples of the claims being made:
Sunita Williams (First Indian woman who went on a space journey few months back) accepted “ISLAM” Masha Allah, bcoz when they were on the moon, they saw towards EARTH, the entire EARTH looked dark, but 2 places on the EARTH GLITERED & looked like SPARKS (Roshni). They were shocked to see that and saw them with the help of telescope and came to know that those two places were “MAKKAH” and “MADINAH” Masha Allah!. Then they decided that after reaching to earth they’ll accept “ISLAM”. So be proud u’r a muslim. Allah Hafiz…![3]
Sunita Williams, the 1st indian lady who went to the moon on 02/07/2007 said that from the moon, the whole earth looked very black and dark, except the two places which were bright and shining when she saw through the telescope. These places were MAKKAH & MADINA (Saudi Arabia). Also, at the moon all the frequencies failed but still she could listen to the AZAAN..s'allah[4]
Encouragin news for Muslims....Sunita Williams the woman who went in space has converted to Islam because when they were in space the entire Earth appeared dark but only two places on Earth appeared like sparks. With telescopic view they identified the two places as MAKKAH and MADINAH and resolved to accept Islam upon reaching the Earth. Alhamdulillah the almighty brought them back safely, so subhanallah, be proud to be a Muslim.[5]
Analysis[edit]
Written Claims[edit]
Contrary to the claims, Williams went to the International Space Station, not to the moon. The last moon landing (Apollo 17) was on December 7, 1972,[6] and Eugene Cernan is, to date, the last person to have walked on the Moon.[7]
She is also not the "first Indian woman who went on a space journey". The Indian-American astronaut, Kalpana Chawla, was the first woman of Indian ethnicity to fly in space.[8]
The claims state that they decided, upon returning to earth, they would accept Islam. However, when setting off toward the International Space Station, Williams had taken with her a copy of the Bhagavad Gita and a small statue of Lord Ganesha,[9] and following her return to earth on June 22, 2007, she showed no signs of having converted to Islam. In fact, she claimed Ganesha, not Allah, was looking after her.
Having created a new record of stay in space by a woman, Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams now has set her eyes on the Red Planet.
Williams, who returned to earth on June 22 after spending 195 days at the International Space Station, said she would love to fly to Mars, if not the moon.
. . .
She also thanked people across India, particularly from her native state of Gujarat, who prayed for her safe return to earth.
Williams fondly recalled taking a copy of Bhagvad Gita and an idol of Lord Ganesha along with her to the space station and took tense moments in her stride. "I knew Ganesha was looking after me," she said.
She said she will be visiting Hyderabad in September for the International Astronautical Congress after which she will visit her relatives in Gujarat and Delhi.[10]
More than three months later in an October 2007 interview with India Today, nothing had changed, and she reiterated her desire to go to the moon.
Up in space, the Gita and Ganesha were what kept me grounded. They put life in perspective," says Sunita Williams in her India Today interview. In a country that believes that beauty trophies are a genetic right, they are calling her the true Miss Universe.
. . .
Williams took with her into space a statue of Lord Ganesha and a copy of the Bhagavad Gita for company. She had never read the Gita with any depth before her space journey though her father had narrated to her the epics--the Ramayan and the Mahabharat--when she was young. She says: "This may sound a bit corny, but it sort of grounds you. In a little spacecraft zipping around the earth, you are doing a lot of things, sometimes it feels like work...maybe you are taking for granted where you are, what you are doing...things like Ganesha, the Gita bring you back home. It is nice to read about Arjuna's trials and tribulations and it puts your life in perspective."
. . .
At 42, Williams is still raring to go back into space apart from sharing her experiences with those planning to go up. She says: “If I have the opportunity, I would like to go to the moon.[11]
The Times of India has reported that in 2012, Sunita will carry English translations of the Upanishads on her journey to Space:
When Sunita Williams is thousands of miles above the earth taking a bird's eye view of the universe from her space shuttle window, she will try to understand universal truths of the Upanishads. The Indian American astronaut — who will spend six months in space from July 14 — is carrying with her an English translation of one of the most important Hindu scriptures.
. . .
The astronaut is all set to go into quarantine ahead of her second space odyssey after which it will become increasingly difficult for the family to stay in touch with her. Williams last worked aboard the International Space Station for six months in 2006. She will take off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with two other astronauts, a Russian and a Japanese[12]
Miracle Images[edit]
The various claims also state that Williams witnessed a miracle whilst on the moon, where the entire earth looked dark, except for Mecca and Medina, which were lit up like "sparks".
The images that accompany many of these claims is a top-down picture of the most holiest sites of Islam, the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca and the Masjid al-Nabawi in Medina,[3][13] both buildings looking like bright lights surrounded by darkness.
These specific images have been circulating among Muslims over the internet from as early as May 2006.[14] Williams launched with her crew on December 9, 2006, and docked with the International Space Station on December 11, 2006,[15] more than six months after the miracle images surfaced.
The actual source for the original, undoctored, images is spaceimaging.com, and are dated December 1999.[16] Although the Masjid al-Haram and the Masjid al-Nabawi appear quite striking in these images, there is nothing supernatural about their reflective white marble construction, and they are not surrounded by darkness.
Watermark-free versions of these images are offered for sale by spaceimaging.com as large 4MB downloads, but whoever was behind this hoax did not purchase them. A close look at the doctored images reveals that the watermarkings are still visible.
Original undoctored images from spaceimaging.com
Doctored image used as early as May 2006 with watermark
Same doctored image repackaged with Sunita Williams claims
Conclusion[edit]
An analysis of all the available facts has shown that Sunita Williams is not the first woman of Indian ethnicity to fly in space, and that she did not go to the moon. She also believes Lord Ganesha was looking after her in space, and even her visit to India upon her return to earth coincided with the Ganesh celebrations.[2]
Furthermore, the images which are used as proof that she converted after witnessing and capturing a miracle, have been available on the net in their doctored form since May 2006, and in their original form since December 1999.
Thus, there is no evidence whatsoever to back up the claim that Sunita Williams, or any of the other unspecified individuals, ever witnessed a miracle in space/on the moon, nor did they ever agree to convert to Islam upon their return to earth.
See Also[edit]
Notable Former Muslims
Fake Conversions - A hub page that leads to other articles related to Fake ConversionsSunita Williams (Conversion to Islam)
From WikiIslam, the online resource on Islam
Sunita-williams-fake-conversion.jpg
Sunita Williams (born September 19, 1965) is a United States Naval officer and a NASA astronaut. She was assigned to the International Space Station as a member of Expedition 14 and then joined Expedition 15. She holds the record of the longest spaceflight (195 days) for female space travelers.
Her father, Dr. Deepak Pandya, is a Hindu and her mother, Bonnie Pandya, is a Christian. Williams has an affinity for both faiths[1] and is known to be a Ganesh devotee.[2]
Contents [hide]
1 Claim
2 Analysis
2.1 Written Claims
2.2 Miracle Images
3 Conclusion
4 See Also
5 References
Claim[edit]
It has been claimed on various websites, blogs, forums, and in chain e-mails/mass SMS texts, that Sunita Williams had converted from Hinduism to Islam on her return from the moon.
Here are a few examples of the claims being made:
Sunita Williams (First Indian woman who went on a space journey few months back) accepted “ISLAM” Masha Allah, bcoz when they were on the moon, they saw towards EARTH, the entire EARTH looked dark, but 2 places on the EARTH GLITERED & looked like SPARKS (Roshni). They were shocked to see that and saw them with the help of telescope and came to know that those two places were “MAKKAH” and “MADINAH” Masha Allah!. Then they decided that after reaching to earth they’ll accept “ISLAM”. So be proud u’r a muslim. Allah Hafiz…![3]
Sunita Williams, the 1st indian lady who went to the moon on 02/07/2007 said that from the moon, the whole earth looked very black and dark, except the two places which were bright and shining when she saw through the telescope. These places were MAKKAH & MADINA (Saudi Arabia). Also, at the moon all the frequencies failed but still she could listen to the AZAAN..s'allah[4]
Encouragin news for Muslims....Sunita Williams the woman who went in space has converted to Islam because when they were in space the entire Earth appeared dark but only two places on Earth appeared like sparks. With telescopic view they identified the two places as MAKKAH and MADINAH and resolved to accept Islam upon reaching the Earth. Alhamdulillah the almighty brought them back safely, so subhanallah, be proud to be a Muslim.[5]
Analysis[edit]
Written Claims[edit]
Contrary to the claims, Williams went to the International Space Station, not to the moon. The last moon landing (Apollo 17) was on December 7, 1972,[6] and Eugene Cernan is, to date, the last person to have walked on the Moon.[7]
She is also not the "first Indian woman who went on a space journey". The Indian-American astronaut, Kalpana Chawla, was the first woman of Indian ethnicity to fly in space.[8]
The claims state that they decided, upon returning to earth, they would accept Islam. However, when setting off toward the International Space Station, Williams had taken with her a copy of the Bhagavad Gita and a small statue of Lord Ganesha,[9] and following her return to earth on June 22, 2007, she showed no signs of having converted to Islam. In fact, she claimed Ganesha, not Allah, was looking after her.
Having created a new record of stay in space by a woman, Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams now has set her eyes on the Red Planet.
Williams, who returned to earth on June 22 after spending 195 days at the International Space Station, said she would love to fly to Mars, if not the moon.
. . .
She also thanked people across India, particularly from her native state of Gujarat, who prayed for her safe return to earth.
Williams fondly recalled taking a copy of Bhagvad Gita and an idol of Lord Ganesha along with her to the space station and took tense moments in her stride. "I knew Ganesha was looking after me," she said.
She said she will be visiting Hyderabad in September for the International Astronautical Congress after which she will visit her relatives in Gujarat and Delhi.[10]
More than three months later in an October 2007 interview with India Today, nothing had changed, and she reiterated her desire to go to the moon.
Up in space, the Gita and Ganesha were what kept me grounded. They put life in perspective," says Sunita Williams in her India Today interview. In a country that believes that beauty trophies are a genetic right, they are calling her the true Miss Universe.
. . .
Williams took with her into space a statue of Lord Ganesha and a copy of the Bhagavad Gita for company. She had never read the Gita with any depth before her space journey though her father had narrated to her the epics--the Ramayan and the Mahabharat--when she was young. She says: "This may sound a bit corny, but it sort of grounds you. In a little spacecraft zipping around the earth, you are doing a lot of things, sometimes it feels like work...maybe you are taking for granted where you are, what you are doing...things like Ganesha, the Gita bring you back home. It is nice to read about Arjuna's trials and tribulations and it puts your life in perspective."
. . .
At 42, Williams is still raring to go back into space apart from sharing her experiences with those planning to go up. She says: “If I have the opportunity, I would like to go to the moon.[11]
The Times of India has reported that in 2012, Sunita will carry English translations of the Upanishads on her journey to Space:
When Sunita Williams is thousands of miles above the earth taking a bird's eye view of the universe from her space shuttle window, she will try to understand universal truths of the Upanishads. The Indian American astronaut — who will spend six months in space from July 14 — is carrying with her an English translation of one of the most important Hindu scriptures.
. . .
The astronaut is all set to go into quarantine ahead of her second space odyssey after which it will become increasingly difficult for the family to stay in touch with her. Williams last worked aboard the International Space Station for six months in 2006. She will take off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with two other astronauts, a Russian and a Japanese[12]
Miracle Images[edit]
The various claims also state that Williams witnessed a miracle whilst on the moon, where the entire earth looked dark, except for Mecca and Medina, which were lit up like "sparks".
The images that accompany many of these claims is a top-down picture of the most holiest sites of Islam, the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca and the Masjid al-Nabawi in Medina,[3][13] both buildings looking like bright lights surrounded by darkness.
These specific images have been circulating among Muslims over the internet from as early as May 2006.[14] Williams launched with her crew on December 9, 2006, and docked with the International Space Station on December 11, 2006,[15] more than six months after the miracle images surfaced.
The actual source for the original, undoctored, images is spaceimaging.com, and are dated December 1999.[16] Although the Masjid al-Haram and the Masjid al-Nabawi appear quite striking in these images, there is nothing supernatural about their reflective white marble construction, and they are not surrounded by darkness.
Watermark-free versions of these images are offered for sale by spaceimaging.com as large 4MB downloads, but whoever was behind this hoax did not purchase them. A close look at the doctored images reveals that the watermarkings are still visible.
Original undoctored images from spaceimaging.com
Doctored image used as early as May 2006 with watermark
Same doctored image repackaged with Sunita Williams claims
Conclusion[edit]
An analysis of all the available facts has shown that Sunita Williams is not the first woman of Indian ethnicity to fly in space, and that she did not go to the moon. She also believes Lord Ganesha was looking after her in space, and even her visit to India upon her return to earth coincided with the Ganesh celebrations.[2]
Furthermore, the images which are used as proof that she converted after witnessing and capturing a miracle, have been available on the net in their doctored form since May 2006, and in their original form since December 1999.
Thus, there is no evidence whatsoever to back up the claim that Sunita Williams, or any of the other unspecified individuals, ever witnessed a miracle in space/on the moon, nor did they ever agree to convert to Islam upon their return to earth.
See Also[edit]
Notable Former Muslims
Fake Conversions - A hub page that leads to other articles related to Fake Conversions
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